A great part of the "free" time was spent talking to other soldiers, smoking and writing letters home. Alternatively, if there was relative calm and peace, they could play sports or card games.
The correct answer is option D. "It caused the Estates-General to cease to exist". The National Assembly was a revolutionary assembly that existed during French Revolution and was formed from representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General. In the long term the existence of the National Assembly led to the disappearance of the Estates-General, as this new group served the same purpose in the revolution and had the same structure.
It started in the 1880's.
